66 Brightfield Road, London, SE12 8QF
Approved on 29 September 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
FRONT: ONE Olive tree (T1)(ht.4m) CROWN REDUCTION by 1m from 4m to 3m, CROWN THIN by 15%. Reason: general maintenance, reducing secondary or tertiary branches where possible as part of a phased reduction over the next couple of years to establish a smaller canopy. Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.
- Received
- 4 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Lee Green
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated23 Sep
- Consult.Consultation4 Nov
- TargetTarget Date4 Nov
- DecidedDecided29 Sep
Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 66 BRIGHTFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8QF. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 170 applications across Lee Green. We hold 524 applications in total for the SE12 postcode area.
100% of trees applications at London Borough of Lewisham were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SE12 8QF
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 4 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Trees Uk
- Agent address
- Longfield Cottage, Nash Lane, Keston, BR2 6AP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Lee Manor
- Article 4 direction: Lee Manor Article 4(2) Direction+1 more
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202628 Apr
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 3(a) (Soft Landscaping) of planning permission DC/25/141913
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/26/143847 - 202523 Oct
Installation of new garden wall and fence arrangement including new glazed side access door to enlarged side…
ApprovedHouseholderDC/25/141913 - 202514 Jul
Creation of new access from carriageway including changes to existing boundary wall and fence; creation of…
RefusedHouseholderDC/25/140807
Source: Lewisham
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